Husband had a form of shingles - broke out on his back with a quarter size of small blisters. Went to dermatoligist for scraping. He got the vaccine - it is a LIVE INJECTION that comes FROZEN and MUST BE INJECTED WITHIN 1 HOUR. So you pick it up from pharmacist and go direct to Dr office.
It was $250.00 and Blue Cross/BS covered it. No more breakouts.